The final book in the Roth trilogy by Andrew Taylor, “The Office of the Dead”, is a powerful thriller that follows the story of Janet Byfield, who turns to her best friend Wendy Appleyard for help when her life falls apart.
In the 1950’s, the Byfields live in Cathedral Close, a neighborhood that seems perfect, but behind closed doors, old sins begin to resurface and new ones are born. The Byfields are haunted by the shadow of death, and it is only Wendy, an outsider, who can see the truth behind the lies.
But can Wendy grasp the twisted reality of the situation and save her friend before it’s too late? “The Office of the Dead” is a gripping tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
The final novel of Andrew Taylor's fabulous Roth series, adapted for BBC television as "Fallen Angel". A super-thriller, for fans of SJ Watson.
Janet Byfied overlaps everything which is missing from the life of Wendy Appleyard – she's beautiful, she has a stunning husband who is about to be a vicar; and above all, she's got a delightful young daughter, Rosaline.
But, when Wendy's life goes wrong, it's to her closest friend, Janet, that her appeals. And at first, everything seems rosy to the couple's vert blest existence in the tranquil Rosington Road, during the 1960s, until, gradually, old burdens diminish the Byguides' splendid existence, to bring up with them newborn problems. To add further shame to it all seems to come the closing shadow of tragedy obeying its way around the estate, and it is only the outsider, looking from the sidelines, who can glimpse towards an explanation of this twist-ridden reality. But is it enough for her to unveil it in time for her friends' life to stay out of evil’s clutches?
Последний роман из трилогии «Рот» Эндрю Тейлора, который был экранизирован в знаменитой драме «Падший ангел». Мощный триллер, предназначенный для поклонников С. Дж. Уотсона. У Джанет Байфилд есть все, чего не хватает Венди Эпплъярд: она красива, у нее привлекательный муж-священник, который практически достиг вершины своей карьеры, и, самое главное, она матерински обожаемая пухленькая малышка Рози. И когда жизнь Венди катится под откос, она обращается как раз к Джанет.
Поначалу может показаться, что идеальной жизни Байфилдов в уютном мирке Католического просписка в Розингтоне, ничто не сможет потревожить, но тяжкие грехи прошлого не замедлили дать о себе знать и отравить открытовшийся их взорам рай. Тень смерти оказывается вездесущей, и лишь Венди с ее чужим недремлющим глазом, способна распознать правду.
Электронная Книга «The Office of the Dead» написана автором Andrew Taylor в году.
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Язык: Английский
Серии: The Roth Trilogy
ISBN: 9780007502035
Описание книги от Andrew Taylor
The final novel in Andrew Taylor’s ground-breaking Roth trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel. A powerful thriller for fans of S J Watson.Janet Byfield has everything Wendy Appleyard lacks: she’s beautiful; she has a handsome husband, a clergyman on the verge of promotion; and most of all she has an adorable little daughter, Rosie. So when Wendy’s life falls apart, it’s to her oldest friend, Janet, that she turns.At first it seems as to Wendy as though nothing can touch the Byfields’s perfect existence in 1950s Cathedral Close, Rosington, but old sins gradually come back to haunt the present, and new sins are bred in their place. The shadow of death seeps through the Close, and only Wendy, the outsider looking in, is able to glimpse the truth. But can she grasp it’s twisted logic in time to prevent a tragedy whose roots lie buried deep in the past?
